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‘Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes From the Prado’ Review: Fleshed Out Beauty

At the Clark Art Institute, erotic, mythological and religious explorations of the human form, rooted in Titian and Rubens.

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Lance Esplund

Aug. 2, 2016 5:42 p.m. ET

Williamstown, Mass.

‘Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes From the Prado,” the Clark Art Institute’s impressive show of 28 paintings on loan from Madrid, is a bombardment of visual riches and complex ideas. It explores the erotic, mythological and religious subject of the nude as it was commissioned and collected by Philip II of Spain (reigned 1556-98) and his grandson Philip IV (reigned 1621-65).